“The TA Science website says the company “is the first and only â€¦ in the world to offer Telomerase-Activating products to combat the effects of aging through leading-edge science.” Company founder Noel Patton says, “Our product is not the fountain of youth. You won’t miraculously turn into a 20-year-old again. But it is a fountain of youth for certain cells.”

Specifically, Patton says, the product will “strengthen and rejuvenate” theÂ immune system. He points to an unpublished company-run study that compared an astragalus supplement similar to TA-65 to a placebo in 36 men ages 60 to 85. The study reportedly found that men who took the supplement for six months developed stronger immune system cells, better eyesight, improved sexual satisfaction and younger-looking skin. He also says that tests paid for by patients show that the supplement improves bone density, cognitive function, cholesterol levels and control of blood sugar.

The Reneuve website says the product uses “Â Nobel Prize-winning technology to supply immune-system enhancing and anti-aging enzymes to the body.” It also says that, thanks to Reneuve, “aging is now a choice, not a fact.” Rasjesh Sharma, the chief scientific officer of Reneuve, declined to be interviewed but said in an e-mail that the supplement helps replace the telomerase that people make naturally until they turn 25.

The bottom line

Dr. Richard Cawthon, who studies the link between telomeres and disease at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, says he would love to take an anti-aging supplement, but he’s not willing to part with several thousand dollars for TA-65. “Even if I could afford it, it’s still too early in the research,” he says. The benefits for now are unclear, he adds, and there’s still the possibility of undesirable side effects.

As for Reneuve, “that’s nonsense,” says Peter Hornsby, professor of physiology at the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies at theÂ University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Any enzyme in the supplement would be quickly broken down in the digestive system, he says.“

“This is the Asus Padfone being introduced tomorrow: a package consisting of an Android smartphone and tablet to dock it with. Dock inside is more appropriate, as the “fone” appears to be fully consumed by the “Pad” when the two are merged. “

One of my favorite “proofs” of evolution is the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN)—the nerve that innervates the larynx from the brain, helping us speak and swallow. It takes a very circuitous course, looping from the brainstem down around the aorta and then back up to the larynx. Here’s its course in humans:

It’s a prime example of “bad design”, that is, of the ham-handedness of any creator that was responsible for designing organisms. Of course, we aren’t designed, but evolved from very different ancestors. That’s why our bodies are full of glitches and kludges, and this nerve is one of them. It’s much longer than it need be, taking a tortuous route several feet longer than the direct path from brain to neck.

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is perhaps the most useful technique in the organic chemist’s toolkit. But conventional NMR requires the sample to be placed in a very high magnetic field, which needs large and expensive superconducting magnets cooled by liquid helium. Now, an interdisciplinary group in the US has managed to accomplish NMR spectroscopy without magnets. The work could lead to portable NMR spectrometers, and possibly even small personalized spectrometers for medical diagnosis.

Romanian pop star Alexandra Stan has exposed an intimate area during a concert held in Milan. She does not even have a year’s worth of experience abroad but is already dazzling audiences worldwide. Besides voice, Alexandra Stan impresses the audience with sexy outfits, and sometimes very revealing outfits. This is what happened at the recent concert in Milan. Extremely short shorts caused Alexandra Stan to flash her intimate area to the party, and she did not seem to be wearing panties. In Italy, Alexandra Stan is on the top of the chart with her single “Mr. Saxobeat”, charting higher than some big hits like “Judas” (Lady GaGa) and “On The Floor” (Jennifer Lopez).

Now the company is showing a demo of a 6 inch E Ink screen that can be rolled or unrolled as many as 25,000 times. You can check it out in the video after the break.

The 6 inch rollable display has an 800 x 600 pixel resolution, which is about the same as the resolution for other 6 inch E Ink displays. As you can see in the video, the screen can display static images or refresh the screen just like similar displays. The key difference is that it can be rolled and unrolled over and over again.

There’s no word on if or when we might see actual products using this technology.